Upfield railway station, Melbourne
- Upfield railway station, Melbourne
MelbourneRailwayStation1
NAME=Upfield
IMAGELINK=Upfield-station-platform.jpg
CAPTION=Comeng train in the platform at Upfield, looking towards the end of the line
CODE=UFD
DISTANCE=20.1 km
LINES=Upfield
PLATFORMS=1
TRACKS=1
STATUS=Premium Station
FACILITIES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19960 Link]
TIMETABLES= [http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/stop/view/19960#lineInformation Link]
MELWAY=
ZONE=2
Upfield is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the locality of Upfield in the suburb of Campbellfield, on the Upfield railway line. Upfield is classed as a Premium Station and is in Metcard Zone 2.
Facilities
The station is located at the northern end of the Barry Road level crossing, which provides station access.
The station consists of one side platform, with a large weatherboard building at the Flinders Street, with an enclosed waiting room, a ticket office and toilets. A large Metcard machine is located inside the waiting room, which is able to dispense most ticketing options available and also accept notes and coins. A stabling yard is situated at the DOWN end of the station.
History
Upfield station opened on October 8 1889 as "North Campbellfield". The station closed in 1903, reopened in 1928, closed again in 1956 and reopened in 1959 as "Upfield". [ [http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=infrastructure&name=Upfield VICSIG Infrastructure - Upfield] ] A disused track extends to Somerton on the DOWN end, but is blocked by the stabling yard.
Despite being always staffed, the station was not made a Premium Station until December 2007, with funding made available by the Victorian Government Public Transport and Liveability statement of May 2006. [cite web
url=http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/036633AC857229CCCA256EF5000286DE?OpenDocument
title=Public transport - Premium Stations
publisher=www.doi.vic.gov.au
accessdate=2008-08-07]
References
MetlinkAndClosedStations
Line1=Upfield line
Here1=Upfield
Previous1=Gowrie
ClosedLine = Upfield - Somerton link
ClosedNext = Somerton
ClosedPreviousplain =
VICORMELB=Melbourne
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